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Reading: Troy Davis execution and Twitter
A reading activity about the execution of Troy Davis and the protests on Twitter.
This could be used in tandem with my video activity about Troy Davis execution- race vs rights: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=574787#thetop
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 12
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Reading: Five Ways to Hold the Right Kind of Attention (Bloomberg Business Weekly)
An authentic unabridged article with pre-reading, while reading and after reading activities.
The article starts on page 2.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 0
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Vocab: Crime vocabulary pairs crossword
A pairs crossword activity to revise crime vocabulary. There�s a key on page 2.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 1
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Take Your Mama Out- Scissor Sisters
The pre-listening tasks are:
- completing a table with the infinitive/present/continuous/past simple/past participles
- countable and uncountable nouns- writing plural forms where relevant
- future- will and be going to- usage and contracted form
- linked forms in spoken English: going to/ought to/going to
- home/house and man/boy- difference ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 2
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Prefixes game
To practice word formation- prefixes. I have uploaded a powerpoint that explains these in detail (http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=49327#thetop).
Instructions: By adding the appropriate prefix to the words in the box create a new word. For example, if the word is �read� and in the brackets under is written �(again)�, you need to wr...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 67
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Reading: Why teenagers find learning a drag
Printable includes: activity plan, cards to cut out and match (activity lead-in), tasks for students (true/false, prediction, word-definition match and debate) and abridged article. This is an ESA reading activity which takes about 30 minutes.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Employment words- pairs crossword
Students work in pairs to describe the employment related words (responsibility, development, salary etc) in their crosswords to their partners in order to complete their crossword. Hints are included on page two if students need support.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Sports vocabulary gap fill
A gap fill activity for upper intermediate and above students. The subject is the Brazilian football league so might be of interest to those students living in Brazil or with an interest in the Brazilian football league.
Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Video: �Steve Coogan on media surveillance� - Guardian
Some activities to introduce and use whilst watching the very short interview with Steve Coogan about media surveillance. There is a debate activity too. Link is included on the document, as well as a key.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 34
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Reading: "Too much information" Celebtiry memoirs
An abridged article from MSN website about celebrities� memorirs. There is a picture match, vocabulary building match and then students read about the memoirs and match to the celebrity who wrote it. The content is a bit �real� in some situations so perhaps only for 18+ students.
Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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Make and do
A simple presentation to elicit the phrases for make and do, to illustrate the rules at a basic level.
Thanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 43
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Adverb position
Powerpoint outlining the rules for adverb position, including when there is more than only adverb in a sentence. Practice included at the end.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 171
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Sentence stress
A presentation reviewing stressed and unstressed words to improve listening comprehension and pronunciation.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 50
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Expressing purpose
Powerpoint outlining structures to use when talking about Someone`s purpose, An object�s purpose, Judgements, More than sufficient/necessary, Sufficient (or not).
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 10
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Like and as for similarity
A presentation with examples to express similarity with like and as.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 25
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Reported speech
A presentation about reported speech including:
- introductory verbs
- tense changes and no tense changes
- pronoun changes
- changes to place and time
- modal verbs
- reported questions
- indirect commands & requests & suggestions
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 9
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Adjectives: -ing & -ed
Using love as a context, students explore -ing and -ed adjective forms. There are notes on the PPT slides.
After slide 11 students can work on: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=567555#thetop
On slide 13 there is a link (a MS Word icon) to a document for students to match the diffe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 45
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Reported speech: Introductory verbs of reporting
A powerpoint with a quick review to reported speech, followed by introductory verbs of reporting (agree, insist etc.) and the verb patterns with which they are used.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 76
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Have- causative verb
A presentation with examples and practice for have as a causative verb.
Hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21
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Introduction to the Passive Voice
An introduction to the passive using celebrities who commit crimes as the context (Hugh Grant and OJ Simpson). The presentation includes notes (quite detailed as I like a script!). Please excuse the references to Brazil, where I teach.
Hope it is helpful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 6
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